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Susman Godfrey Partner Stephen Shackelford Featured on Legalist’s “Rainmaker”
New York Partner Stephen Shackelford, Jr. was featured on this week’s Legalist “Rainmaker” podcast, a series in which top lawyers are interviewed about ... Read more

May 2020

Max Tribble and Kalpana Srinivasan Featured on Great Trials Podcasts: Conversations with America’s Leading Trial Lawyers
Susman Godfrey’s landmark trial win on behalf of client HouseCanary is the focus of a brand-new Great Trials Podcast: Conversations with America’s Leading ... Read more

May 2020

Chanler Langham Honored with a President’s Award by the Houston Bar Association
The Houston Bar Association (HBA) presented Houston-based partner, Chanler Langham, with their annual President’s Award in recognition of his leadership and dedicated work ... Read more

May 2020

17 Susman Godfrey Trial Lawyers Among Lawdragon’s “Best of the Best” in America
Seventeen Susman Godfrey partners were named to the 2020 edition of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers, “the most elite distinction in the profession, covering ... Read more

May 2020

The National Law Journal Names Ryan Caughey, Oleg Elkhunovich, and Kalpana Srinivasan 2020 Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Trailblazers
The National Law Journal has named Susman Godfrey partners, Ryan Caughey, Oleg Elkhunovich, and Kalpana Srinivasan, among the Plaintiff Lawyer Trailblazers in their fourth annual compilation ... Read more

May 2020

Bill Carmody Invited to Join Law360’s Trials Editorial Advisory Board for the Second Year in a Row
Head of Susman Godfrey’s New York Office, Bill Carmody, has been invited by Law360 to serve on their 2020 Trials Advisory Board.  This is the second ... Read more

April 2020

Marc Seltzer Included on Law360’s 2020 Securities Editorial Advisory Board
Head of Susman Godfrey’s Los Angeles Office, Marc Seltzer, has been selected by Law360 to serve on their 2020 Securities Editorial Advisory Board.  The purpose of ... Read more

April 2020

Susman Godfrey Attorneys and Practices Earn Top Rankings in Chambers USA
Fourteen Susman Godfrey attorneys recognized as Leading Practitioners, including three newly honored individuals; all four offices ranked as Leading Locations Susman Godfrey made ... Read more

April 2020

Susman Godfrey Partners with Civil Rights Organizations to Remedy Dangerous Conditions in Dallas County Jail During COVID-19 Outbreak
Susman Godfrey has partnered with the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Texas, Civil Rights Corps, and the Next Generation Action Network Legal ... Read more

April 2020

Susman Godfrey Secures Final Judgment of Nearly $40M for Repeat Precision in Diamondback Industries Lawsuit Victory
Susman Godfrey LLP has won a final judgment of nearly $40 million for client Repeat Precision, LLC, which was the target of a ... Read more

April 2020

Susman Godfrey Scores Pro Bono Win on Behalf of New York University
Lawyers from Susman Godfrey scored a win for pro bono client, New York University (NYU), on Tuesday when a judge from the Southern ... Read more

April 2020

Brian Melton Honored by University of Houston Law School with the Private Practice Achievement Award
Houston-based Partner, Brian Melton, is being honored by the University of Houston Law School Alumni Association with their annual Private Practice Achievement Award.  ... Read more

March 2020

Kalpana Srinivasan Named Again a Top Intellectual Property Lawyer by the Daily Journal
Kalpana Srinivasan, has been named by the Daily Journal as a 2020 Top Intellectual Property Lawyer in California. This is her second consecutive ... Read more

March 2020

Susman Godfrey Wins Big at Benchmark Litigation’s 2020 Legal Award Ceremony
Picks Up 4 Attorney Awards and a Nod for Impact Case of the Year Susman Godfrey and its lawyers have been recognized as ... Read more

March 2020

Six Susman Godfrey Lawyers Recognized by Texas Super Lawyers as Rising Stars
Six lawyers from Susman Godfrey’s Houston office have been selected to the 2020 Texas Rising Stars list. Each of these lawyers is accomplished ... Read more

March 2020

Shawn Rabin is Named an Employment Law Trailblazer by National Law Journal
New York partner, Shawn Rabin, has been named a 2020 Employment Law Trailblazer by the National Law Journal.  In the feature, NLJ recognizes ... Read more

March 2020

James Southwick Named to Board of Advisors at Syracuse University College of Law
Syracuse University College of Law has just announced that Houston Partner, James Southwick, has joined their Board of Advisors. The appointment underscores the ... Read more

February 2020

Susman Godfrey Wins Partial Summary Judgment for Alley Theatre in Pro Bono Insurance Lawsuit over Coverage of Hurricane Harvey Damage
Susman Godfrey has secured a partial summary judgment win for Houston’s historic Alley Theatre in an insurance coverage lawsuit the firm handled pro ... Read more

February 2020

Kalpana Srinivasan Named Top Minority Lawyer in Los Angeles by Los Angeles Business Journal
Los Angeles Partner, Kalpana Srinivasan, has been named a Top Minority Lawyer in Los Angeles by Los Angeles Business Journal. In their profile ... Read more

January 2020

Susman Godfrey Named Class Action Firm of the Year by National Law Journal’s Elite Trial Lawyers
Susman Godfrey has been named a ‘Class Action Firm of The Year’ by National Law Journal in recognition of its successful prosecution of high-profile ... Read more

January 2020

Susman Godfrey Nominated Across Fourteen Categories in Benchmark Litigation’s Annual Legal Awards
Susman Godfrey and its lawyers have been recognized as nominees for the eighth annual Benchmark Litigation US awards in fourteen categories spanning the ... Read more

January 2020

New York Partner Shawn Rabin is Guest Columnist for Bloomberg News
New York-based Partner, Shawn Rabin, is a guest columnist for Bloomberg News this week.  His article, Litigation Funding Success Breeds New Set of ... Read more

January 2020

Texas Appellate Court Upholds Susman Godfrey Victory for Westlake Chemical Corporation
The Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals has upheld a win secured by Susman Godfrey LLP on behalf of client Westlake Chemical Corporation. The ... Read more

December 2019

Susman Godfrey Shatters the Market with Extraordinary Bonuses for 2019 and Welcomes Six New Partners
Susman Godfrey announced today that its associates would receive extraordinary bonuses for 2019. The firm had another spectacularly successful year on behalf of ... Read more

December 2019

U.S. Supreme Court Declines Review of Susman Godfrey’s $48.7M Win for Apache
The United States Supreme Court has declined a petition by W&T Offshore, Inc. to review and reverse the Fifth Circuit's decision upholding a ... Read more

December 2019

Susman Godfrey Named Interim Lead Counsel to Represent Authors in Proposed Class Action Against Cengage over Failure to Pay Textbook Royalties
Authors likely owed millions in royalties Susman Godfrey L.L.P. has been named interim lead counsel to represent textbook authors in a class action ... Read more

December 2019

The American Lawyer Names Susman Godfrey Specialty/Boutique Litigation Department of the Year
Susman Godfrey has received the Specialty/Boutique Litigation Department of the Year award for 2019 from The American Lawyer. Honorees were announced during the ... Read more

December 2019

Rachel Black and Kalpana Srinivasan Named 2020 Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar
Rachel Black and Kalpana Srinivasan have been named 2020 Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar by the National Law Journal.  Ms. Black is ... Read more

November 2019

Bill Carmody and Kalpana Srinivasan Named Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America by Benchmark Litigation
Carmody and Srinivasan are named to the Top 100 List of lawyers who, “command ever-increasing levels of reverence as masters of a seemingly ... Read more

November 2019

Marc Seltzer Honored by the American Jewish Committee at their 39th Annual Learned Hand Awards Dinner
The Head of Susman Godfrey’s Los Angeles Office, Marc Seltzer, is being honored this week by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) at the ... Read more

November 2019

U.S. News Names Susman Godfrey a Top Tier Firm In its Best Lawyers and Law Firms Rankings
U.S. News has awarded Susman Godfrey a Tier One ranking nationally in five different practice areas in its 2020 edition Best Lawyers Best ... Read more

November 2019

Partner Randy Wilson Has the Rare Distinction of Being Named to Both Lawdragon’s List of the Nation’s Leading Judges and Lawdragon’s List of the Nation’s Leading Lawyers
Wilson is Second Person Ever to Receive This Dual Honor Texas partner and Judge, Randy Wilson, earned a rare distinction this month when ... Read more

October 2019

Lexie White Profiled by Lawdragon as Part of Their Lawyer Limelight Series
Lawdragon profiled Susman Godfrey Partner Lexie White in their October 2019 Lawyer Limelight article.  The article highlights Lexie’s history at Susman Godfrey, some of her ... Read more

October 2019

Shawn Raymond Honored by University of Texas School of Law as the 2019 Distinguished Alumnus for Community Service
On October 7th, Houston partner Shawn Raymond was honored by the University of Texas School of Law as the 2019 Distinguished Alumnus for ... Read more

October 2019

Susman Godfrey Client Green Mountain Receives Payment of $64.5 Million Final Judgment Following Jury Verdict in Patent Infringement Suit Against Ardagh Glass, Inc.
Jury verdict of $50.5 million became a $64.5 million final judgment after interest Susman Godfrey client Green Mountain Glass, LLC. has received payment ... Read more

October 2019

Kalpana Srinivasan Named Top Trade Secrets Lawyer by Daily Journal
Susman Godfrey partner, Kalpana Srinivasan, has been named by the Daily Journal as a 2019 Top Trade Secrets Lawyer in California. Srinivasan is recognized as a top lawyer for ... Read more

October 2019

Susman Godfrey Honored by the American Antitrust Institute for the Fourth Year in a Row
Susman Godfrey and ten of the firm’s lawyers have been named honorees by the American Antitrust Institute (AAI) as part of its 2019 Antitrust Enforcement ... Read more

October 2019

39 Partners Recognized on Lawdragon 500’s Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers
54% of the Firm’s Partnership is included on Lawdragon’s list of the top 500 plaintiff financial lawyers in the country – more lawyers ... Read more

September 2019

Super Lawyers Honors Susman Godfrey Attorneys
More than half of all partners and associates at Susman Godfrey received honors from Super Lawyers in 2019, with 72% of the firm’s partnership receiving ... Read more

September 2019

Whidbey Island Residents File Class Action Lawsuit Against U.S. Navy Over Impact of New Growler Flights
Susman Godfrey L.L.P. and Marzulla Law, LLC have filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the owners of more than 30 properties ... Read more

September 2019

Three Susman Godfrey Lawyers Named to Law360’s Annual Rising Stars List
Ashley McMillian Named “Energy Rising Star,” Glenn Bridgman Named “Insurance Rising Star,” & Rocco Magni Named “Trials Rising Star” Partner Ashley McMillian and ... Read more

September 2019

The National Law Journal Names Partner Dan Shih an Equality Trailblazer
The National Law Journal has named Susman Godfrey Seattle partner Dan Shih a 2019 Equality Trailblazer in its premier edition of its Equality Trailblazer series. ... Read more

September 2019

The National Law Journal Names Partner Erica Harris a 2019 “Litigation Trailblazer”
The National Law Journal has named Susman Godfrey Houston partner, Erica Harris, a 2019 Litigation Trailblazer in its sixth annual edition of its Litigation Trailblazer series. ... Read more

September 2019

Susman Godfrey Named a Texas Powerhouse by Law360 for the Second Year in a Row
Susman Godfrey has been named a Texas Powerhouse by Law360 as part of their 2019 Regional Powerhouse series.  This is the second year in a ... Read more

September 2019

The National Law Journal Names Partners Bill Carmody, Kalpana Srinivasan and Max Tribble Winning Litigators
The National Law Journal has named partners Bill Carmody, Kalpana Srinivasan and Max Tribble, among its “Winning Litigators” for 2019.  This annual National Law Journal List describes the honorees ... Read more

August 2019

Two Susman Godfrey Attorneys Recognized as Lawyers of the Year and 23 Others Listed in 2020 The Best Lawyers in America
Two Partners from Susman Godfrey have been have been named Lawyers of the Year by The Best Lawyers in America 2020.  Barry Barnett was named ... Read more

August 2019

Twelve Susman Godfrey Partners Named to Benchmark Litigation’s 2019 40 and Under Hot List
Twelve attorneys from litigation powerhouse Susman Godfrey have been included on Benchmark Litigation’s 2019 40 and Under Hot List. These practitioners, all aged 40 or younger, ... Read more

August 2019

Two Susman Godfrey Jury Verdicts Win Top Spots on Texas Lawyer’s 2019 Hall of Fame
Susman Godfrey’s $706 million win for HouseCanary is #1 for Intellectual Property cases and our $43.2 million win for Apache Deepwater is #5 for ... Read more

July 2019

Susman Godfrey Honored as Elite Trial Lawyers in Business Torts by the National Law Journal
Firm Partner Kalpana Srinivasan also among the Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar List for the Second Year in a Row Susman Godfrey ... Read more

July 2019

Fifth Circuit Upholds Susman Godfrey’s $43.2M Federal Jury Verdict Win for Apache
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed a $43.2 million federal court jury verdict in favor of Susman Godfrey LLP client Apache ... Read more

July 2019

Associate Abby Noebels is Selected to the Institute for Energy Law’s 2019-20 Leadership Class
Houston associate Abby Noebels has been selected by the Institute for Energy Law (IEL) to be part of their second annual Leadership Class.   The IEL is one ... Read more

July 2019

Susman Godfrey named Mid-Size Litigation Firm of the Year by Texas Lawyer
Legal publication Texas Lawyer has named Susman Godfrey Mid-Sized Litigation Firm of the Year as part of its 2019 Professional Excellence Awards. Winners of the ... Read more

July 2019

Associates Meng Xi and Glenn Bridgman Named California Trailblazers by The Recorder
Kalpana Srinivasan also named a California Trailblazer in the inaugural Trailblazer awards Associates from Susman Godfrey’s LA office, Meng Xi and Glenn Bridgman ... Read more

June 2019

Associate Elisha Barron and Partner Steven Shepard Named Rising Stars by the New York Law Journal
Susman Godfrey is the only firm on the list to have two Rising Stars.  New York Law Journal has named Susman Godfrey lawyers Elisha ... Read more

June 2019

Susman Godfrey Again Earns High Marks in Annual Vault Survey, Nabbing #1 Litigation Boutique Ranking for the Ninth Year in a Row
Susman Godfrey wins high marks again in the annual Vault Survey. Vault ranked Susman Godfrey the #1 Litigation Boutique ranking for the ninth ... Read more

June 2019

Ten Susman Godfrey Attorneys Recognized by Washington Super Lawyers
Ten attorneys from Susman Godfrey’s Seattle office have been selected to the 2019 Washington Super Lawyers or Rising Stars lists. Of the group, ... Read more

June 2019

Susman Godfrey Partner Davida Brook Featured in California Super Lawyers Magazine
Susman Godfrey attorney Davida Brook was featured in California Super Lawyers Spring 2019 issue for their special section, Discovery Q & A in Brief, a ... Read more

June 2019

21 Susman Godfrey Attorneys and 3 Practice Areas Recognized in Annual Legal 500 Guide
The Legal 500 has recognized 21 attorneys from Susman Godfrey and three of the firm’s practice areas in its annual U.S. recommendation guide. ... Read more

June 2019

Associate Alejandra Salinas Awarded the Future Leader – LGBT + Equality Award by Chambers USA
Kalpana Srinivasan also honored by Chambers USA with the Gender Diversity Lawyer of the Year Award. Associate Alejandra Salinas has been awarded the Future Leader ... Read more

June 2019

Susman Godfrey Named a Finalist Among America’s Elite Trial Lawyers by the National Law Journal in Antitrust and Business Torts
Partner Kalpana Srinivasan also named a finalist for Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar for the second year in a row Susman Godfrey ... Read more

June 2019

Two Susman Godfrey Cases Nab Spots on National Law Journal’s Top 2018 Verdicts
Susman Godfrey’s $706 million  HouseCanary win takes 4th highest spot, and  $25 million win against Beats ranks 91st Two blockbuster trial wins in ... Read more

June 2019

Ten Susman Godfrey Attorneys Recognized by Southern California Super Lawyers
Ten attorneys from Susman Godfrey’s Los Angeles office have been selected to the 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers or Rising Stars lists. The ... Read more

May 2019

Los Angeles Daily Journal Names Kalpana Srinivasan Among Top Women Lawyers in California for the Fourth Year in a Row
The Los Angeles Daily Journal has named Los Angeles Partner Kalpana Srinivasan among the 100 Top Women Lawyers in California for the fourth year in a row. ... Read more

May 2019

Houston Associate Alejandra Salinas Shortlisted by Chambers USA for its 2019 Diversity & Inclusion Awards
Associate Alejandra Salinas has been shortlisted by Chambers USA for its Future Leader – LGBT+ Equality Award.  A true diversity and inclusion pioneer ... Read more

May 2019

Kalpana Srinivasan Named Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar by Law360
Law360 has named Kalpana Srinivasan a 2019 Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar. She is one of just 10 lawyers nationwide to receive this recognition. Law360 ... Read more

May 2019

Chambers USA Guide Recognizes 11 Susman Godfrey Attorneys with all Offices Ranked as Leading Firm Locations
In its recently released annual guide to U.S. law firms, Chambers and Partners has recognized 11 Susman Godfrey attorneys as among the top ... Read more

April 2019

Associate Krisina Zuñiga is new President-Elect of the Houston Young Lawyers Association
Susman Godfrey Associate, Krisina Zuñiga, has been elected President-Elect of the Houston Young Lawyers Association in Houston, TX.  Zuñiga will be serving as President of ... Read more

April 2019

Lawdragon Profiles Partners Max Tribble and Kalpana Srinivasan and their Massive Win for HouseCanary
“This is the story of how to lose nearly a billion dollars in a lawsuit that should never have been filed. And how ... Read more

April 2019

Kalpana Srinivasan Named a Top Intellectual Property Lawyer by the Daily Journal
Susman Godfrey partner, Kalpana Srinivasan, has been named by the Daily Journal as a 2019 Top Intellectual Property Lawyer in California. Srinivasan is recognized as a top ... Read more

April 2019

Max Tribble is Named Texas’s Outstanding Intellectual Property Litigator by Managing IP
Managing Intellectual Property – The Global IP Resource has named Susman Godfrey Houston partner, Max Tribble, “Texas’s 2019 Outstanding IP Litigator” as part of its ... Read more

April 2019

Associate Meng Xi is President-Elect of the Judge Paul R. Michel Intellectual Property American Inn of Court in Los Angeles
Susman Godfrey Associate, Meng Xi, has been elected President of the Judge Paul R. Michel Intellectual Property American Inn of Court in Los ... Read more

April 2019

Bill Carmody Included on Law360’s 2019 Trials Editorial Advisory Board
Head of Susman Godfrey’s New York Office, Bill Carmody, has been selected by Law360 to serve on their 2019 Trials Advisory Board.  The ... Read more

April 2019

Susman Godfrey Scores $3.4 Million Jury Verdict in Breach of Contract Case for Client, Ceramifrac
Susman Godfrey client, Ceramifrac Proppants LLC, was awarded $3,421,955, the full amount it was seeking, by a jury in Harris County after a ... Read more

March 2019

Susman Godfrey Wins for Vitol, Inc. in $5 Billion PDVSA US Litigation Trust Case
Susman Godfrey won a major victory for its client, Vitol Inc., in March 2019 when a federal court in Miami completely dismissed a ... Read more

March 2019

April 18th CLE – Beyond Gender Discrimination: The Impact of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Susman Godfrey is proud to be a sponsor of the Lawyers Luncheon Series: Beyond Gender Discrimination:  The Impact of Ruth Bader Ginsburg ESCAPE ... Read more

March 2019

Eight Susman Godfrey Lawyers Recognized by Texas Super Lawyers as Rising Stars
Eight lawyers from Susman Godfrey’s Houston office have been selected to the 2019 Texas Rising Stars list. Each of these lawyers is accomplished ... Read more

March 2019

Susman Godfrey Upholds Wins, Reverses Setbacks on Copyright Claims Against Client Zillow
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals finds that Zillow reasonably believed it was not infringing. The trial law firm Susman Godfrey LLP has won a ... Read more

March 2019

Susman Godfrey Awarded with the National Impact Case of the Year Award by Benchmark Litigation
A team of Susman Godfrey lawyers that represented Uber in its 2018 epic battle against Google’s Waymo over self-driving car technology was awarded ... Read more

March 2019

Stephen Susman and Parker Folse Inducted into Lawdragon’s 2019 Hall of Fame
Firm Founder Stephen Susman and head of the Seattle office, Parker Folse, were inducted into Lawdragon’s 2019 Hall of Fame, after both being ... Read more

February 2019

Lawdragon Names Twelve Susman Godfrey Partners to its Annual Lawdragon 500 List
Twelve Susman Godfrey Partners have been named among the 500  Leading Lawyers in America in 2019.  The annual list by Lawdragon is known ... Read more

February 2019

Susman Godfrey’s Steve Susman Gets Back on the Bike for the MS150
Susman Godfrey is pleased to announce the return of its founder, Steve Susman, to participating in the BP MS 150, a two-day 150 ... Read more

February 2019

Above the Law again Recognizes Susman Godfrey as a Top Tier U.S. Law Firm
For the second consecutive year, leading legal publication Above the Law (ATL) has recognized Susman Godfrey as one of only 25 “Top Tier” ... Read more

February 2019

Four Susman Godfrey Partners Recognized by Southern California Super Lawyers
Four partners from Susman Godfrey’s Los Angeles office have been selected to the 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list. Each of these lawyers ... Read more

January 2019

Susman Godfrey Named an Intellectual Property Group of the Year by Law360
Susman Godfrey has been named an Intellectual Property Group Of The Year by Law360 following its banner 2018 which was marked by hundreds ... Read more

January 2019

Longtime Judge Randy Wilson Returns to Susman Godfrey as Partner
Judge Randy Wilson, an original partner of Susman Godfrey when the firm was founded in 1980, has returned to the firm as a ... Read more

January 2019